Quotes About Desire

If you sit and wish for what you want, you may not see it this side of the grave.

Wish" and "want" trip the feet, but "is" makes the path smoother.

My mother says men are different from us. She says we want to be in love, but only with the one we want; a man needs to be in love, but he will love the first woman to tie a string to his heart.

He has never been a fool except for a pair of eyes or a pretty ankle, the gray-haired woman said, and that is a failing of every man.

Wish' and 'want' trip the feet, but 'is' makes the path smoother. -lini

He could cut a Trolloc in half with a gateway at three hundred paces, and summon fire from inside Dragonmount itself, and he still wanted to carry a sword. It was, she decided, a male thing.

The problem is the inability to close the gap between what we genuinely, even passionately, want and what we are actually able to do.

The killing of Steven Tuomi may have been unintentional, but it whetted Dahmer's appetite for murder.

Although life is grand, and pleasure is everywhere, we can't have everything we want every time we want it ! It's a hard lesson, but it comes in time.

We can learn so much from them, y'know--just by watching them. They've been at it all night. They just don't stop--they're resilient. They eat until it's gone and then they're content. I almost admire them. The thing you have to realize is that they're just us--they're no different. They want what they want, they take what they want and after they get what they want--they're only content for the briefest span of time. Then they want more.

Ich bleibe. Ich bin verliebt, Rick... Jedenfalls weiß ich nicht, ob ich je wieder einer Frau wie Maggie begegnen werde. [...] Ich glaube einer der Gründe, wieso ich so sorglos in Atlanta rumgerannt bin, um nach Vorräten zu suchen, war, dass es mir ziemlich egal war, ob ich dabei drauf gehe. Ich hatte Angst, aber es war mir egal. Ich habe es fast schon drauf angelegt zu sterben. Das ist jetzt nicht mehr so. Nicht mit Maggie.

Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die.

A reason or a purpose is a combination of wants and don't wants.

Todos quieren ir al cielo pero nadie quiere morir

So for most people, the reason they don't win financially is because the pain of losing money is far greater that the joy of being rich. Another saying in Texas is, Everyone wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die. Most people dream of being rich, but are terrified of losing money. So they never get to Heaven.

la verdadera educación es ese deseo espiritual que tenemos de conocer la verdad.

True learning takes energy, passion, a burning desire. Anger is a big part of that formula, for passion is anger and love combined. When it comes to money, most people want to play it safe and feel secure so passion does not direct them. Fear does. ...it's easier to learn to work for money, especially if fear is your primary emotion when the subject of money is discussed.

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.

What intensifies fear and desire is ignorance.

and all I have to remark is, damn the pies!

All that is necessary to be a saint is to want to be one. Don't you believe that God will make you what He created you to be, if you will consent to let Him do it? All you have to do is desire it.

If you know your appetite will be sated, pleasure is more about the appetite than about the sating.

Like trying to keep a fatman out of the refrigerator. 'Lila

It's all taking the customer's money and giving him exactly what he wants and then leaving him poorer than when he started.